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Why Keys 360 Method?
Most Piano players were never taught how to get the most out of their instrument and now feel stuck because of the gaps in their knowledge. Are you ready for something different? I created a self-paced online video course to show you how to break through your barriers, help you find your own voice, and guide you to musical Confidence, Freedom and Creativity.
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Most Piano players were never taught how to get the most out of their instrument and now feel stuck because of the gaps in their knowledge. Are you ready for something different? I created a self-paced online video course to show you how to break through your barriers, help you find your own voice, and guide you to musical Confidence, Freedom and Creativity.
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What's Included?
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Video Lessons
The main driving force behind Keys 360 Method is the short and easy-to-digest Video Lessons. But these videos are not like the seemingly random results that you found on your last YouTube search…
Keys 360 Method is powered by a world-class educational framework called Cyclical Pedagogy®. I know that sounds really fancy, but you don’t need to worry about it at all. It’s quietly at work in the background, while I connect the dots for you from lesson to lesson. All you have to do is watch, learn and be thrilled as your playing begins to soar!
Practice Segments
Binge watching a bunch of Keys 360 Method video lessons would be a fun way to spend a weekend… But no matter how much “entertainment value” I bring to your life, you can only grow as a Keyboardist, if you apply what you’ve learned!
Practice Segments to the rescue! The course is organized into Weeks (although you may take as long as you wish, to complete a “week”) and every Week includes some form of Practice. This way we continually apply what we’re learning, so that it can become a part of your “musical fabric”.
Ear Training
A whole lot of making music comes down to muscle coordination. But your most important “musical muscles” are your ears. (I know, I know: the ear is not a muscle…)
Once we learn any new musical concept, we will immediately train our minds, to recognize melodies and harmonies by ear. Don’t worry, we’ll break it down to bite-sized steps, so it won’t be scary at all!
Downloadables
You will be so proud of yourself, because – probably for the first time – Music Theory will make perfect sense. We will also make it SUPER practical, so it’s not just a bunch of useless head-knowledge, but things that you will actually use in every rehearsal and studio session.
Everything that we’ll be learning will be brought to life with on-screen animations, so all of the connections between melodies and harmonies will be really easy to visualize. But for those of you who need to digest things a little more on your own, we also include Downloadables of all key concepts. Yeah, we’re nice like that…
Playing in a Band
One of the coolest aspects of Keys 360 Method is that it’s not a “bedroom solo jam” course. I will prepare you for real-world musical situations! A big part of this is learning how to play with other musicians.
For example: We’ll learn to understand how our rhythms relate to the Drummer, how our melodies relate to the Singer and how our chords relate to the Guitar & the Bass Players.
The point is this: Even a talented musician can sound awful in a band, when they’re “playing more than they’re listening”… But even a beginner can sound stellar, when they understand their role and are aware of their interaction with the other instruments on stage. I’ll be working on this with you at every stage of your development!
List of Lessons
The list below is an abbreviated overview of the content covered in each week. There are additional Practice, Ear Training and Quiz blocks, applying the material learned.
(Total Running Time: 117 minutes)
- Introducing the Instrument
- Visualizing the Keyboard
- Posture and Body Control
- Finger Control
- Navigating the Keyboard
- Half Steps and Whole Steps
- The Major Scale
- Triads Inside the Major Scale
- The Character of Major and Minor Triads
- Hearing Major and Minor Triads
- Rhythmic Playing: The First Steps
- Rhythmic Chords Exercise
- Playing Melodies and Chords Together
- Understanding Song Structures
- The Song We’re Learning (Mad World)
- Playing the Verse and Using the Sustain Pedal
- Playing the Pre-Chorus and Chorus
- The Principles of Practicing
- Performing Mad World
(Total Running Time: 8 hrs & 51 min)
- Introduction to Solfege
- Solfege Applied on the Piano
- Note Relationships Inside the Major Scale
- Using Our Ear in Music – Hearing the Degrees of the Major Scale
- Fingering Technique Exercise #1
- Complementary Intervals
- Thinking with the Number System
- Chord Inversions & Positions
- Number System Quiz
- Voice Leading
- Creating Rhythmic Textures
- What is Improvisation?
- The Pentatonic Scale – Lesson #1
- Tips for Improvisation
- Improvising with the Black Keys
- The Pentatonic Scale – Lesson #2
- C Pentatonic Scale (4-note Pattern)
- Improvising with the C Pentatonic Scale
- Improvising with the Major Scale
- Basic Rhythmic Elements
- Hearing Basic Rhythmic Elements
- Different Meters and Subdivisions
- Articulations
- Playing in Different Meters and Subdivisions
- Understanding Different Keys
- The Circle of Fifths
- The Key of G
- The Key of D
- The Key of A
- How to (and how not to) Transpose Music
- Adding New Keys & Colors
- The Key of E
- The Key of B
- More Colorful Harmonic Comping
- Controlling Chord Inversions
- Our First 3 Flat Keys & Visualizing Every Key
- The Grips for Every Key
- The Key of F
- The Key of Bb
- The Key of Eb
- Developing Finger Movement
- Our 3 Final Keys
- The Key of Ab
- The Key of Db
- The Key of Gb
- Every Chord in Every Key
- sus2 and sus4 chords
- Using “sus” Chords
- add9 and add11 Chords
- Creative Comping Using sus2, sus4, add9, add11
- Riffs and Licks
- Fluid Chord Connections
- Basics of Sound Design
- Versatile Keyboard Playing
- The Pentatonic Scale from Every Root Note
- Introducing Different Instruments with Keyboards
- Typical Sounds & Function of Modern Keyboards
- The Basics About Using Synthesizers
- Synthesizer Playing Techniques
- Reverb & Delay Effects
- Keyboard Sounds Applied in Music Production
- Prologue for the Arrangement (Intro to Swing Feel)
- Arrangement With Multiple Keyboard Sounds – Part 1 (Chorus)
- Arrangement With Multiple Keyboard Sounds – Part 2 (Verse)
- Arrangement With Multiple Keyboard Sounds – Part 3 (Pre-Chorus)
- Summary of the Whole Arrangement
- Refine Your Efficiency
- Minor, Diminished and Augmented Intervals
- All Intervals (from the same root note)
- Developing Chord Gripping Techniques
- Comping a Chord Progression
- Refining our melodic approaches
- Finger Control
- Pentatonic Scales from Every Root Note (Level 2)
- Using the Pitch Bend Wheel
- Soloing With Synth Lead
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SEMESTER 1
$ 149
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9+ hours of video footage
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105 short episodes
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Self-paced learning
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24/7 access to all content
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Review as many times as needed
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Lays a solid musical foundation
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All from Semester 1 plus:
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Semester 2 Pre-order Pricing
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8 more hours of video
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200+ total episodes
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Sound more Pro & More Polished!
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(Semester 2 coming in January 2021)
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